--- title: Stephen Colbert Interviews Trump for 60 Minutes Spoof description: Colbert shares some very fake news when he interviews Trump for a 60 Minutes spoof. canonical: https://time.com/5425969/stephen-colbert-interviews-trump/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-16T15:57:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:29.122Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Hosts “60 Minutes of Lies” With Donald Trump og:description: Colbert shared some very fake news og:url: https://time.com/5425969/stephen-colbert-interviews-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Hosts “60 Minutes of Lies” With Donald Trump twitter:description: Colbert shared some very fake news twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Colbert 'Interviews' Donald Trump on '60 Minutes of Lies' Spoof by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 16, 2018 3:57 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 16, 2018 3:57 PM UTC Stephen Colbert interviews Trump again? Not exactly? For the latest Colbert Trump spoof, Stephen Colbert “sat down” with Donald [Trump](http://time.com/5425795/donald-trump-dna-test-elizabeth-warren-phony/) for “an interview” that might look pretty familiar to anyone who saw the president’s appearance on _60 Minutes_. _The Late Show_ staff spliced together an interview between the president and the late night talk show host by editing in Colbert’s questions and pairing them with answers gleaned from Trump’s sit-down with Lesley Stahl on _60 Minutes._ The end result was what Colbert called, “My interview of Lesley Stahl’s interview of President [Trump](http://time.com/5425508/elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-creepy-dna/).” In the spoof of an interview, Colbert notes that Trump has been president for two years and Trump notes, “There’s something really terrible and disgusting about that” and Colbert wholeheartedly agrees. Colbert then turns to asks Trump questions what he thinks of his sons Donald Jr. and Eric and Trump earnestly replies, “They’re ridiculous.” When asked about who he would choose to replace Jeff Sessions as head of the Justice Department, the president answered equally earnestly, “Pillows and blankets.” After grilling him about [international affairs](http://time.com/5425629/mike-pompeo-saudi-king-jamal-khashoggi/), Colbert asks him if he will ever tell the truth and Trump shakes his head, “Don’t count on it.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5425969/stephen-colbert-interviews-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5425969/stephen-colbert-interviews-trump/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert 'Interviews' Donald Trump on '60 Minutes of Lies' Spoof","datePublished":"2018-10-16T15:57:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:29.122Z","description":"Colbert shared some very fake news","url":"https://time.com/5425969/stephen-colbert-interviews-trump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","stephen colbert","Donald Trump","the late show","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5425969/stephen-colbert-interviews-trump/","name":"Stephen Colbert 'Interviews' Donald Trump on '60 Minutes of Lies' Spoof"}}]}] ```